Image Taken on 25 Aug 2013
at 12:37 Image of day on 15 Oct 2013

This was an unusual moment to photograph - the legs are down even
though it had flown non-stop for at least several seconds. At 4 fps the
insect was flying towards the camera and made a right angled turn
with little forward motion (all in 250mS) and then accelerated to the left.
Do the legs change the aerodynamics to improve the turn?
Had it spotted something to eat? Dragonflies sometimes predate small butterflies, catching
them in flight.

Image Taken on 20 Aug 2008
at 15:21 Image of day on 05 Sep 2008

Image Taken on 12 Aug 2016
at 13:54 Image of day on 01 Oct 2016

Lower left is a male Common Darter Dragonfly watching over 'his' pond from a
convenient perch. Top right a male Southern Hawker Dragonfly patrolling his patch
in his own manner - endless flight over and around the pond. He kept flying close
to the Darter, who occasionally reacted but returned each time to his perch.
You don't often see Darters and Hawkers in the same image - these are the same
distance from the camera so you can compare sizes.

Image Taken on 30 Aug 2016
at 10:58 Image of day on 15 Oct 2016

A male Southern Hawker Dragonfly hovering in front of the cameraman for a couple
of seconds, drifting slowly to the left. We have picked 4 frames from the
sequence that allow accurate positioning without overlaps.

Image Taken on 30 Aug 2016
at 10:58 Image of day on 15 Oct 2016

Another hover by the same insect.
Note how the legs are completely folded up - something you DON'T see when we
photograph Dragonflies in our flight tunnel where they are in free flight but
too soon after launch for the 'undercarriage' to have been raised.

Image Taken on 15 Sep 2011
at 13:14 Image of day on 31 Oct 2011

Some hazy sunshine brought out this male Southern Hawker dragonfly.
The insect hovered long enough to get the camera on him for 9 frames, of which
we have selected 4 for a little montage of various wing positions.

Image Taken on 28 Sep 2016
at 14:05 Image of day on 15 Nov 2016

Image Taken on 28 Sep 2016
at 14:05 Image of day on 15 Nov 2016

A Southern Hawker Dragonfly still patrols the main pond at the least show of sunshine.
Here he is hovering almost motionless (except for the wings of course) so we have
spread the images and not tried to hide the background repeats.